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54 5.0 BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER The material presented in previous sections is focused on the factors and steps that are necessary for a successful collaboration. The material can be used to provide an initial assessment of the health of a collaboration and that can then lead to opportunities for improvement.
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55 Tools to Improve the Process of Collaboration • Defining a jointly developed work program • Establishing common terms and language • Creating an ad hoc or formal task force/committee • Rotating staff assignments • Training staff members • Adopting a memorandum of understanding • Using collaboration technology in communications • Co-locating staff in a common collaboration space Tools to Enhance Organizational Support • Adopting a memorandum of understanding • Using third-party facilitation • Training staff members • Rotating staff assignments • Creating a new organization Applying the Toolbox The poor score for "there is effective feedback to the collaboration participants on the effects of previous decisions" falls into the "Process of Collaboration" category. Thus, you might use some of the strategies listed under "Tools to Improve the Collaboration Process" to deal with this issue.
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56 tion, interpreting what they mean, and conveying the results to the collaboration partners. Thus, the use of collaboration technology is a likely strategy for dealing with this issue.
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